Karnataka: Teacher dies after truck hits auto-rickshaw; video of incident goes viral on social media

Dec 2, 2019, 8:57 AM IST

Mangaluru: A 56-year-old teacher died after the auto-rickshaw in which she was travelling in was hit by a truck on Sunday (December 1) at Kadri Kambala in Mangaluru.

The deceased has been identified as Shailaja (56), and a video of the CCTV footage of the incident that has surfaced on social media shows a speeding truck hitting and dragging an autorickshaw.

While the driver was thrown out of the auto, the teacher was stuck inside the vehicle.

Shailaja was rushed to a nearby hospital, but doctors declared her brought dead. The driver of the autorickshaw is learnt to be out of danger.